A5085090488- Global Health Workforce Issues
- Primary Care and Health Outcomes
- Innovations in Medical Education
- Global Health and Surgery
- Healthcare Policy and Management
- Global Maternal and Child Health
- Chronic Disease Management Strategies
- Healthcare Systems and Reforms
- Clinical Reasoning and Diagnostic Skills
- Medical Education and Admissions
- Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology
- Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins
- Middle East and Rwanda Conflicts
- Dental Education, Practice, Research
- Diabetes Management and Research
- Simulation-Based Education in Healthcare
- Global Health Care Issues
- COVID-19 and healthcare impacts
- Health and Conflict Studies
- Healthcare innovation and challenges
University of Rwanda
2012-2022
Royal Tropical Institute
2020-2022
University of Malawi
2020
University of the Witwatersrand
2020
Makerere University
2020
University of Dundee
2020
Ghent University
2008-2017
University of Kigali
2016
Partners In Health
2015
Understanding cultural perceptions of illness is crucial for effective healthcare delivery. This study examines the ethnomedical concept ikirimi, a culturally recognized in Rwanda characterized by perceived uvula abnormalities, and its traditional management through uvulectomy. explores understanding causes, symptoms, treatments, as well barriers to integrating modern healthcare. An exploratory qualitative approach was employed, involving in-depth semi-structured interviews with eight...
Health-care systems based on primary health care (PHC) are more equitable and cost effective. Family medicine trains medical doctors in comprehensive PHC with knowledge skills that needed to increase quality of care. is a relatively new specialty sub-Saharan Africa. To explore the extent which Primafamed South–South cooperative project contributed development family The (Primary Health Care Medicine Education) worked together 10 partner universities Africa develop training programmes over...
Amid massive health system disruption induced by the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, need to maintain and improve essential services is greater than ever. This situation underscores importance of primary care (PHC) revitalization agenda articulated in 2018 Astana Declaration. The objective was synthesize what already known about strengthening PHC low- middle- income countries prior COVID-19. We conducted a secondary analysis eleven reviews seven evidence gap maps published...
Internationally, there is a move towards strengthening primary healthcare systems and encouraging community-based socially responsible education. The development of doctors with an interest in family medicine the African region should begin during undergraduate training. Over last few years, attention has been given to postgraduate training region, but little This article reports on 8th PRIMAFAMED (Primary Care Family Medicine Education) network meeting held Nairobi from 21 24 May 2016. At...
family medicine were medical practitioners who highly motivated to contribute the welfare of poor through a community-oriented approach, main focus in early years was on relationship physician with individual patient and his/her family.It mainly public health programmes that looked at broader societal context tried act level.The World Health Organization (WHO) Alma-Ata Declaration primary care which stated 'health for all by year 2000' did not mention discipline medicine. 2In last 30 years,...
International medical electives are well-accepted in education, with the flow of students generally being North–South. In this article we explore learning outcomes Rwandan family medicine residents who completed their final year elective South Africa. We compare South-South to those North–South from literature. In-depth interviews were conducted postgraduate a 4-week Africa during training. The thematically analysed an inductive way. reported important four overarching domains namely:...
Abstract Background An elective is part of the curriculum where students have flexibility to choose both study topic and location. International medical electives are a well-established curricula at most schools in high-income countries. They highly valued by proven educational benefits, though do come with challenges, such as lack reciprocity. Low middle-income countries frequently host from providing learning opportunities, yet also carry burden supervision resource consumption, whilst...
A competency-based approach to family medicine (FM) post graduate (PG) training falls short of a holistic process if it focuses only on patients' needs without eliciting those trainees.To identify perceived competency deficits trainees and challenges hindering achievement learning outcomes.PG FM programmes in sub-Saharan Africa.We conducted cross-sectional survey using web-based questionnaire with list items challenges. Common Factor Analysis was used ascertain which accounted for the...
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To explore factors influencing surgical provider productivity and identify barriers against opportunities to increase individual in Sierra Leone, order explain the observed unmet need from 92.2% 92.7% decrease 1.7 procedures per week between 2012 2017.This explanatory qualitative study consisted of in-depth interviews about Leone. Interviews were analysed with a thematic network analysis used develop conceptual framework.21 providers hospital managers working 12 public private non-profit...
Keywords: Undergraduatemedical educationcommunity medicine trainingprimary health caresocially accountablecurriculum reviewAfricaRwanda
Health professionals’ education is undergoing enormous transformation internationally and also in Rwanda. We present the contribution of a Social Community Medicine program at University Rwanda to this new era community oriented, people centred socially accountable health education.Key words: Professionals’ Education, Undergraduate Medical Primary Care, Medicine, Curriculum Review,
diabetes is a leading cause of death, disability, and high healthcare costs, especially among patients with poor glycemic control. Providing decentralized care to in low-income countries remains major challenge. We aimed assess hemoglobin A1C (HbA1c) level enrolled primary-level non-communicable disease clinics Rwamagana, Rwanda, identify predictors associated a) change HbA1c over 6-month period or b) achieving <7%. also explored whether living community home-based practitioner was...
The Publisher regrets that this article is an accidental duplication of has already been published, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S2211-419X(12)00102-4. duplicate therefore withdrawn.
Abstract Background An elective is part of the curriculum where students have flexibility to choose both study topic and location. International medical electives are a well-established curricula at most schools in high-income countries. They highly valued by proven educational benefits, though do come with challenges, such as lack reciprocity. Low middle-income countries frequently host from providing learning opportunities, yet also carry burden supervision resource consumption, whilst...
Abstract Background An elective is part of the curriculum where students have flexibility to choose both study topic and location. International medical electives are a well-established curricula at most schools in high-income countries. They highly valued by proven educational benefits, though do come with challenges, such as lack reciprocity. Low middle-income countries frequently host from providing learning opportunities, yet also carry burden supervision resource consumption, whilst...